Results tagged “streetfood”

We were standing at the corner of 15th and East Pine the other night when we sniffed barbecue. We remembered suddenly that CHS had mentioned something about Gert's BBQ moving into the neighborhood--and there they were, in the parking lot across from Anchovies & Olives.

Vendr.tv specializes in "curbside cuisine," so while they were in town recently they popped by Neapolitan-style cart pizzeria Veraci Pizza. "There's sausage and there's pepperoni." But you Yelpers already knew that Veraci has it goin' on.

After stocking up on our greens for the week (and falling prey to the hunger that often accompanies grocery shopping), we scouted out a stand with the steadiest stream of customers, in this case Patty Pan Grill. Since closing the doors to their brick and mortar locale earlier this year, the owners have been focusing on the captive audience found at farmer's markets and the formula seems to be working.

As most of you know, today the French traditionally celebrate the storming of the Bastille by breaking into the nearest jail and freeing whomever catches their eye. Trust the French! Well, they've got a good thing going and they know it. Here in the U.S. the stakes are considerably higher when it comes the legal ramifications of citizen's-arrest take-backs.

Recent trend that we're not fond of: Nearby restaurants calling the cops on Skillet, the silver-clad rolling kitchen that serves the food of the gods. First 13 Coins forced them to move their Wednesday South Lake Union spot. More recently, managers at the Elliott West Cafe uprooted them from their Friday Elliott Ave location. (That latter one especially hurts, as they used to be a 20-foot walk for us.) Legalities, schmegalities: It's totally bogus to involve the SPD in petty business disputes. 13 Coins and Elliott West? No more of our lunch money for you. Even if you start serving poutine. UPDATE: Now we've heard that it was the building management that called about Skillet (and the hapless hot dog cart that was there for a couple of Wednesdays). Regardless, the Elliott West Cafe staff are all very nice and are not the ones to blame. Unsurprisingly, however, some manager in this chain is being annoying and petty.

OPERATION BRIGHT PINK FLAMINGO: If you were at Myrtle Edwards Park last weekend, you may have noticed a city-approved flock of plastic flamingos hanging out on the lawns. Lest you prematurely begin the spiral into "WTF, can't we just have normal public art," let us inform you that the flamingos were only visiting to remind everyone that real Chilean flamingos are available as of tomorrow to gawk at over in the Woodland Park Zoo. There will be free mini-cupcakes, music, and stilt-walking at the Zoo to mark the opening of the summer exhibit.

We’ve been big fans of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid since reading Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia (James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook of the Year for 2000). This coffee table-worthy book completely captured us with great recipes, gorgeous photos, and even its glossary. We immediately dug deep into their earlier work, including the aptly named Seductions of Rice, which is also as much travelogue as it is cookbook.